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Complex UV Layout in Maya

Over the last couple of years UV layout in Maya has changed for the better. In this course we're going to be taking a look at some of those changes as we UV map an entire character

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How to unsmooth a smoothed object

In the Mech tutorial, the prof smooths and unsmooths polygons with a shortcut on his polygon tab of his shelf. However, my polygon options only...

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by bradleys04

08-01-2018|05:17 AM

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things i discovered today thread... | Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... Last Page

A thread to state those bits of wisdom we get with day to day experience, both maya and non maya... Ill start the disk on the brakes of a...

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by 13th_resident

16-03-2006|12:33 PM

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show texture in viewport?

hi folks, somewhere along the line my brain has forgotten some of the basics. I can get the texture on the object to show up in the viewport, eg...

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by Binabik

21-05-2004|01:02 AM

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Where Did my timeline go?

Somehow, I must've dragged my timeline away because now (I'm using Maya 6) I can't find my timeline and don't know how to get it back. If someone...

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by swordsspells

15-12-2004|04:37 AM

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Remove blue line (no wireframe) on object please help

hi guy's today another problem. I see some blue line stick to my object(surface) polygon. I can not remove them. looks like wireframe but it is not...

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by seynalkim

28-03-2015|06:36 AM

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How to change default render background colour?

When I render my scene, I have a black background and I want to change it to a light-grey. How?

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by jpardoe

30-08-2006|07:19 PM

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lock object

Hi, I'm starting to get familiar with maya, although I have one problem that I cannot find in the documentation or by googling: how do I lock an...

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by jsprogg

04-12-2007|10:03 PM

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How to split an polygonal object into 2 objects?

Here I go again. My Maya skills are so rusty. :( How do I split an polygonal object over a row of edges into 2 separate objects? Actually the...

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by Weyu

23-06-2007|01:38 AM

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How do you stop a Render?

Is there any way to stop a Batch Render in progress? I wanted to do a test draf render but I forgot to turn down the settings, and now it's taking...

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by MrKnight

24-07-2004|08:21 PM

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MY TIMELINE IS GONE!!!! | Page: 1 2

AHHHHHHHHH! NOOOBY HERE! I dunno what I did, but I have a demo version of Maya 7 PLE and my timeline disappeared, so I can't animate anything!!!...

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by Jack55555

15-08-2019|11:10 AM

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How do you get soft Shadows when Raytracing?

This is a scene I have been working on. Notice the hard shadows underneath the cars. How do I soften these up? They are ray traced...not Dmaps. Any...

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by M

10-04-2003|05:57 AM

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how to use true mm/cm size values

i know a real size of a very small object in cm and mm and want it to have many details.how can i do that in maya?

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by happymat27

06-06-2007|11:00 AM

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zoom in and out

I know this is a silly ? but how do you zoon in on an object when you are modeling? I know how to hold down alt to move and rotate, but how do you...

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by parttimer

04-05-2004|04:20 PM

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Instructions on Installing MEL Scripts and Plugins

a lot of people keep emailing me on this topic, if you are a newbie, this would help you, its a copy and paste so that i did have to type all this:),...

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